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Re: postflight script not creating alias with Tiger
by Ken Hawkins 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

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.string bug -- filed apple bug
by Andy O'Meara 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.1.0.040913 There seems to be a frustrating bug with Tiger's package installer that I filed in Apple's bug reporter a few days ago. Folks here that use PackageMaker with custom InstallationCheck.strings and VolumeCheck.string will want to know of it... If anyone has any workarounds or further knowledge of this, that'd be great. Here's a paste of it: Problem ID: 4133872 Title: Package .string messages fail to show under Tiger Summary: Packages that properly display the messages contained in VolumeCheck.strings and InstallationCheck.strings under 10.3, do not display properly under 10.4 (instead, the default "Could not find specified message for index X" is displayed). Steps to Repro: Run any package that uses VolumeCheck.strings and InstallationCheck.strings, built via PackageMaker 1.x or 2.x, built under 10.3 or 10.4, and you'll always get the "could not find specified message for index X" message. I stress: a package under 10.3 will show string messages properly while the *same* package will not find the string under 10.4. I've tried every permutation of semi-colons, spaces, and new lines in those string files that I can think of, without any luck. Even if there was a format problem I didn't think of, you probably agree that Apple should propagate any package installer behavior of this nature from 10.3 to 10.4 (recall that I mentioned that the same package works on 10.3 but doesn't under 10.4). Expected Results: Same as under 10.3: the strings in *.strings properly display. Actual Results: Both the strings from VolumeCheck.strings and InstallationCheck.strings are never found. Regression: The fact the same package works under 10.3 and doesn't under 10.4 indicates there's a bug in the 10.4 package installer. Andy On 6/1/05 1:55 PM, "Dan Grassi" <dgrassi(a)lexar.com> wrote: > > On Jun 1, 2005, at 1:27 PM, Stephane Sudre wrote: > >> >> On 1 juin 05, at 18:34, Dan Grassi wrote: >> >> >>> I noticed that packagemaker run from the command line now produces >>> a package with the scripts, such as InstallationCheck, not having >>> their permissions set to execute. This causes the installation to >>> fail. >>> >>> Is this a bug or am I missing something? >>> >> >> Are the permissions set for the InstallationCheck file in your >> Resources folder? > > Yes. There has been some change between Panther and Tiger. > > Dan > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Xcode-users mailing list (Xcode-users(a)lists.apple.com) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/xcode-users/andy%40soundspectrum.com > > This email sent to andy(a)soundspectrum.com > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Conditional install of special package under 10.2
by Alexey Proskuryakov 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.1.0.040913 On 01.06.2005 21:19, "Sanford Selznick" <sanford-apple-list(a)selznick.com> wrote: > And inside: > > --- > my $EXIT_VALUE = 0; The first line should be: #!/usr/bin/perl Or you can make it a shell script by specifying /bin/sh here. Interestingly, Installer crashes for me (on 10.4.1) if I remove this "#!" comment (stack trace below). Besides, to quote a paraller thread: > Since you cribbed the code from an Apple InstallationCheck (that's > fine), you also need to grab the part of the script that defines the > CheckVersion() function. Here is the stack trace: Command: Installer Path: /Applications/Utilities/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer Parent: Installer [683] Version: 2.0 (83) PID: 685 Thread: 0 Exception: EXC_BREAKPOINT (0x0006) Code[0]: 0x00000001 Code[1]: 0x9286a2e0 Thread 0 Crashed: 0 com.apple.Foundation 0x9286a2e0 -[NSConcreteTask launchWithDictionary:] + 1900 1 com.apple.installframework 0x989d3a64 -[IFPkg(Task_Convenience_Private) _runTask:] + 92 2 com.apple.installframework 0x989d264c -[IFPkg(IFPkg_Actions) _runCheckTool:withObject:localization:] + 372 3 com.apple.installframework 0x989d2a04 -[IFPkg(IFPkg_Actions) runAction:withObject:localization:] + 140 4 com.apple.installframework 0x989dd02c -[IFInstallationCheckRequirement isTrue] + 112 5 com.apple.installframework 0x989dea10 -[IFRequirementsEvaluator testRequirements:failureLimit:reference:] + 296 6 com.apple.installframework 0x989f991c -[IFPKGDerivedDocument(DistributionPrivate) requirementDictionaryForPackage:onTarget:withCustomizationController:] + 340 7 com.apple.installframework 0x989b6a2c -[IFPKGDerivedDocument installableCheckResults] + 208 8 com.apple.installer 0x00008c00 -[PageController(ReadingCheckingPhase) _doInstallCheck] + 60 9 com.apple.AppKit 0x9373df6c +[NSApplication _startDrawingThread:] + 76 10 com.apple.Foundation 0x9287c2b4 forkThreadForFunction + 108 11 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002c3d4 _pthread_body + 96 Thread 0 crashed with PPC Thread State: srr0: 0x9286a2e0 srr1: 0x0202f030 vrsave: 0x00000000 cr: 0x24000424 xer: 0x00000007 lr: 0x9286a2e0 ctr: 0x9285903c r0: 0x9286a2e0 r1: 0xf03051d0 r2: 0x007b5000 r3: 0xf0304d80 r4: 0x00000000 r5: 0x92858964 r6: 0xf0304e04 r7: 0x000000ff r8: 0xf0304df0 r9: 0x003ea180 r10: 0x909aa668 r11: 0x24000422 r12: 0x9285903c r13: 0xa2859b74 r14: 0x00395f30 r15: 0x0187e000 r16: 0x003deee0 r17: 0x003f8850 r18: 0x003ea120 r19: 0xa2879b74 r20: 0xa2879b74 r21: 0xa2879b74 r22: 0xf0305210 r23: 0x003f2e50 r24: 0x003fa5a0 r25: 0x003fb590 r26: 0x06807310 r27: 0x00000100 r28: 0xf0305218 r29: 0x0182dc44 r30: 0x00000008 r31: 0x92869b74 - WBR, Alexey Proskuryakov _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Checking OS version from InstallationCheck script?
by Peter Bierman 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com We're working on adding documentation as we have available tech pubs resources. The bulk of the existing documentation is at: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/Software… -pmb Thanks again, On Jun 1, 2005, at 2:49 PM, Peter Bierman wrote: -pmb #!/usr/bin/perl ######################################################## my $SYSTEM_VERS = "/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist"; my $EXIT_VALUE = 0; DO_CHECKS: { # If too old, error. if( CheckVersion( $SYSTEM_VERS, "10.3", "ProductVersion", "<" )) { $EXIT_VALUE = (( 3 << 5 ) | 16 ); exit($EXIT_VALUE); } } exit($EXIT_VALUE); My InstallationCheck.strings file contains the following line: "16" = "This software requires Mac OS X version 10.3 or later."; Thanks for any advice, Derrick _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/bierman%40apple.com Derrick Griffel Intriguing Development Inc. 816-229-6768 ext. 12 www.idevelop.net _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… After WWDC, there will be some additional documentation in the form of sample code for using 10.4's new distribution scripts feature. You should send feedback to WWDR about your desire for additional documentation, as it's that feedback that helps Apple prioritize what gets documented. At 4:01 PM -0500 6/1/05, Derrick Griffel wrote: Thanks. I'm not a unix scripting guru, and after exhausting several hours trying to find any sort of example on how to do this, I finally resorted to digging around inside an existing Apple installer to shed any sort of light on the situation. I guess I just didn't quite dig far enough and only grabbed what I thought necessary to make my ever growing headache go away. Is there any good documentation or examples on how to create these type installation scripts? The only documentation I really found on Apple's site was basically what to name them and the existing variables you can use in your scripts. The only examples available were basically scripts that did nothing more than echo the available variables and what they return to the console. Which, no offense, but I found much less useful than an actual example for how to check the OS version would have been. Judging by other posts to this list, I'm not the only one who seems to find the seemingly lack of documentation very frustrating at times. I won't be able to attend WWDC either next week, so will that information also be available on the Apple site at some point? Since you cribbed the code from an Apple InstallationCheck (that's fine), you also need to grab the part of the script that defines the CheckVersion() function. We'll be explaining how to do this sort of thing at WWDC next week, Session 106 Tuesday @ 3:30, and we'll be hosting a lab to help developers in person from 5 - 7:30. At 11:54 AM -0500 6/1/05, Derrick Griffel wrote: I am trying to create an InstallationCheck script and InstallationCheck.strings file that would prevent my installer from running on anything less than OS 10.3. I have created the following script, but it always fails with the following message in the installer even though I am running on 10.3.9. "iRemember Installer cannot be installed on this computer. 31". The following is what my script looks like: Does anyone see any reason why my script would not be working properly and not even displaying my custom string? I've had a difficult time finding usable examples on Apple's site for creating such a script or performing such a check from an installer. This email sent to bierman(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: Checking OS version from InstallationCheck script?
by Derrick Griffel 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thanks again, On Jun 1, 2005, at 2:49 PM, Peter Bierman wrote: -pmb #!/usr/bin/perl ######################################################## my $SYSTEM_VERS = "/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist"; my $EXIT_VALUE = 0; DO_CHECKS: { # If too old, error. if( CheckVersion( $SYSTEM_VERS, "10.3", "ProductVersion", "<" )) { $EXIT_VALUE = (( 3 << 5 ) | 16 ); exit($EXIT_VALUE); } } exit($EXIT_VALUE); My InstallationCheck.strings file contains the following line: "16" = "This software requires Mac OS X version 10.3 or later."; Thanks for any advice, Derrick Derrick Griffel Intriguing Development Inc. 816-229-6768 ext. 12 www.idevelop.net _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… Thanks. I'm not a unix scripting guru, and after exhausting several hours trying to find any sort of example on how to do this, I finally resorted to digging around inside an existing Apple installer to shed any sort of light on the situation. I guess I just didn't quite dig far enough and only grabbed what I thought necessary to make my ever growing headache go away. Is there any good documentation or examples on how to create these type installation scripts? The only documentation I really found on Apple's site was basically what to name them and the existing variables you can use in your scripts. The only examples available were basically scripts that did nothing more than echo the available variables and what they return to the console. Which, no offense, but I found much less useful than an actual example for how to check the OS version would have been. Judging by other posts to this list, I'm not the only one who seems to find the seemingly lack of documentation very frustrating at times. I won't be able to attend WWDC either next week, so will that information also be available on the Apple site at some point? Since you cribbed the code from an Apple InstallationCheck (that's fine), you also need to grab the part of the script that defines the CheckVersion() function. We'll be explaining how to do this sort of thing at WWDC next week, Session 106 Tuesday @ 3:30, and we'll be hosting a lab to help developers in person from 5 - 7:30. At 11:54 AM -0500 6/1/05, Derrick Griffel wrote: I am trying to create an InstallationCheck script and InstallationCheck.strings file that would prevent my installer from running on anything less than OS 10.3. I have created the following script, but it always fails with the following message in the installer even though I am running on 10.3.9. "iRemember Installer cannot be installed on this computer. 31". The following is what my script looks like: Does anyone see any reason why my script would not be working properly and not even displaying my custom string? I've had a difficult time finding usable examples on Apple's site for creating such a script or performing such a check from an installer. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/ bierman%40apple.com This email sent to bierman(a)apple.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: postflight script not creating alias with Tiger
by Michael Krugman 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

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Where is help located?
by Bob Hickey 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcVm4+zJuKdI3tMHR4+NByvMAm1INwAAB/0w Thread-topic: Where is help located? I know about the following two pages for PackageMaker help. Are there any more URLs to use? Any other documentation to be found? 1) Help inside application 2) Apple pages: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/Software… 3) Package Maker how to http://s.sudre.free.fr/Stuff/PackageMaker_Howto.html Thanks, Bob _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: My installer does not work on OS X 10.4
by Peter Bierman 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com > > > First: -pmb _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… At 9:15 PM +0200 6/1/05, Roni Music wrote: > "Installing this software will replace the newer version with an > older version." You are getting this message because the installer thinks you have a newer version of this package on your system. Do you? No, the person that installs is a customer that has not any folder with the name "My Company Name" (replace with the real company name) The installer is not checking the files that will be installed, it's checking the /Library/Receipts directory for a pkg receipt that matches the package you're installing. It searches by CFBundleID and then package name, so your package is probably matching some other package that the user has previously installed. Or it could be matching your own package that the use has previously installed, if you have not been maintaining the version in the .pkg bundle. > If so what are the version numbers? (CFBundleShortVersionString, IFMajorVersion, IFMinorVersion) the file that is to be installed is an old CFM shared lib file that lacks everything such as CFBundleShortVersionString, IFMajorVersion, IFMinorVersion etc so there is no version information available at all, this error message is strange Again, the version is the version of the package, not the files being installed by the package. This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Re: My installer does not work on OS X 10.4
by Christopher Ryan 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

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Re: postflight script not creating alias with Tiger
by Ken Hawkins 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com thanks, ken; On May 18, 2005, at 9:33 AM, Ken Hawkins wrote: APP_DIR="Applications/PromoStudio" APP_NAME="PromoStudio.app" # weird thing but we have to touch the .app before we can create an # alias touch "$LINK_FROM" and in my log file this is spat out: thanks, ken; This email sent to rosewoodblues(a)mac.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… so nobody is having problems creating aliases on Tiger? is it just me? <note desperation in mail content> can anyone lend a hand with creating aliases on Tiger during install? in my postflight script that is run i have the followign bit of scripting: ### # note about creating the alias ... # the strange syntax is necessary because of differences between os10.1, 10.2, and 10.3 # 10.3 doesn't return a full colon-seperated path for a user's file, instead it just starts # with the user's name, which will not work for creating the alias. LINK_FROM="$3$APP_DIR/$APP_NAME" echo "Our linkable app is $LINK_FROM" >> $LOG_FILE colonfrom=`osascript -e "tell application \"Finder\" to set p1 to (POSIX FILE \"$LINK_FROM\") as file"` colonto=`osascript -e "tell application \"Finder\" to set p1 to (POSIX FILE \"/Users\") as file"` colonto=$colonto"$USER:Desktop:" echo "Creating alias (from: $colonfrom, to: $colonto)" >> $LOG_FILE osascript -e "tell application \"Finder\" to make new alias at \"$colonto\" to file \"$colonfrom\"" Our linkable app is /Applications/PromoStudio/PromoStudio.app Creating alias (from: file Macintosh HD:Applications:PromoStudio:PromoStudio.app:, to: file Macintosh HD:Users:ken:Desktop:) with 10.3 this worked fine and dandy however with tiger this does not create anything on the desktop at all so i have a couple of questions. is this happening to anyone else? is there a new(better) way to create aliases on a users desktop? and finally, where does the osascript log to? _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/rosewoodblues% 40mac.com This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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